Adele Griffin
Adele Griffin (b. July 29, 1970) is the critically acclaimed author of numerous novels for young adults, including the Vampire Island and Witch Twins series. Her novels Sons of Liberty and Where I Want to Be were both National Book Award Finalists.[1]
Most Recent Project
Picture the Dead is an illustrated ghost story set in Brookline, Massachusetts during the American Civil War. Haunted by the recent deaths of her twin brother and fiancé, seventeen-year-old Jennie Lovell forges an unlikely friendship in a Spiritualist photographer who helps her to expose tragic family secrets.
The illustrated photographs are based on old daguerreotypes and albumen prints of anonymous sitters, culled from the Online Prints and Photographs Reading Room of the Library of Congress. The background patterns are based on actual Victorian designs.
Prizes & Honors
- 2005 Where I Want to Be: National Book Award finalist, Kirkus Best Book, ALA Best Book
- 2002 Amandine: Publishers Weekly Best Book, ALA Best Book
- 2001 Hannah Divided: Booklist Editor’s Choice
- 1998 The Other Shepards: SLJ Best Book, ALA Notable Book and ALA Best Book, Publishers Weekly Best Book
- 1997 Sons of Liberty: National Book Award Finalist, ALA Best Book
Previous Titles
- The Julian Game (2010)
- Picture the Dead (2010)
- V Is for Vampire (2009)
- The Knaveheart’s Curse (2008)
- Vampire Island (2007)
- My Almost Epic Summer (2006)
- Where I Want to Be (2005)
- Overnight (2004)
- Hannah, Divided (2003)
- Dive (2002)
- Amandine (2000)
- The Other Shepards (1998)
- Sons of Liberty (1997)
- Split Just Right (1996)
- Rainy Season (1996)
- Witch Twins series (1999-2001)
References
- ^ Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/adele-griffin
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